{"id":1001840,"date":"2026-04-09T07:34:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1001840"},"modified":"2026-04-09T07:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:15:22","slug":"trai-proposes-framework-for-app-based-tv-distribution-seeks-stakeholder-feedbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/04\/09\/trai-proposes-framework-for-app-based-tv-distribution-seeks-stakeholder-feedbacks\/","title":{"rendered":"TRAI proposes framework for app-based TV distribution, seeks stakeholder feedbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Monday released a consultation paper seeking stakeholder views on framing a regulatory framework for application-based Linear Television Distribution (ALTD) services, including Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) platforms. <\/p>\n<p>The move follows a reference from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), which highlighted concerns over the rapid growth of FAST services operating without a clear regulatory structure. TRAI noted that these platforms, often pre-installed on smart TVs or accessed via applications, deliver linear television channels over the internet without licensing or registration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Monday released a consultation paper seeking stakeholder views on framing a regulatory framework for application-based Linear Television Distribution (ALTD) services, including Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) platforms. The move follows a reference from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), which highlighted concerns over the rapid growth of FAST services operating without a clear regulatory structure. TRAI noted that these platforms, often pre-installed on smart TVs or accessed via applications, deliver linear television channels over the internet without licensing or registration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,4,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1001840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasting-the-economic-times","category-newspapers","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}